Two men charged in connection with a Fourth of July shooting at a Boston park were allegedly targeting a 35-year-old man, but the young daughter of one of the suspects was injured by gunfire, court documents have revealed.

Two suspects have been charged in a shooting that left an 8-year-old girl injured in Boston. Gunshots dramatically cut short families’ July Fourth fun at Mary Hannon Playground in Dorchester. The shooting resulted in injuries to the child and a 35-year-old man just before 11 p.m.

Boston Police have identified the teenager who was killed Monday in an officer-involved shooting. Authorities said Wednesday that 19-year-old Jaymil Ellerbe of Dorchester was fatally wounded after allegedly firing a gun at two officers. A second suspect, 21-year-old Ernest Watkins, also of Dorchester, was arrested Wednesday. Police responded to reported gunfire near Geneva Avenue and Park Street in Dorchester. They...

A man with several warrants was arrested in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood Friday evening after attempting to flee from police. According to Boston police, officers on patrol Friday evening observed a motor vehicle parked at the intersection of Wayland Street and Howard Avenue in Mattapan. They identified a passenger in the backseat to be a person with multiple warrants for his...

Emergency crews responded to a Boston courthouse for a hazmat call on Friday, only to find out that the substance that sparked the concern was a crushed candy cane. The hazardous materials call came in around 11:30 a.m. from Dorchester District Court at 510 Washington St. reporting a suspicious substance in an envelope that was mailed to the court. The...

A Massachusetts man is facing a number of charges after police say he struck a Boston police cruiser in the city’s Dorchester neighborhood, tried to flee, then was caught with a loaded firearm and drugs in his vehicle. Adrian Ferguson, 29, of Dorchester, is expected to face charges of unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, carrying a...

A Boston woman charged with shooting her roommate seven months ago has been held without bail. Prosecutors say 32-year-old Jocelyn Vasquez pleaded not guilty Monday in Dorchester District Court to murder and firearms charges in the May 15 death of Garfield Thomas in the city’s Mattapan section.

Two Boston men accused of dragging a teenager with their vehicle are scheduled to face a judge Monday morning. Dejon W. Barnes, 18, of Dorchester and Kenneth R. Ford, 23, of Roxbury were arrested in connection with the Friday night incident that left an 18-year-old man in critical condition. The two suspects were arrested after police converged on a house...

Police have arrested two men after an 18-year-old was dragged by a car in Boston Friday night, officials said. According to Massachusetts State Police, they converged on a house party on Phillips Street in Boston early Sunday morning and arrested Dejon W. Barnes, 18, of Dorchester and Kenneth R. Ford, 23, of Roxbury in connection with Friday night’s incident.

Murder charges have been dropped against a 21-year-old Dorchester resident in a stunning turn of events. “They freed an innocent gentleman,” said Kevin Williams, who spent almost 5 weeks in jail for a crime he says he didn’t commit. “I’m very happy.” Williams was arrested shortly after the murder of gas station attendant Jose Williams in October. The two are...

A 40-year-old Uber driver was arrested Tuesday for allegedly raping a female passenger, according to the Boston Police Department. Michael Squadrito of Everett is accused of picking up his passenger from downtown Boston and taking her to a location in Dorchester to sexually assault her.

A 14-year-old boy and a 23-year-old man are facing multiple charges in connection with a violent robbery at a 7-Eleven store in Dorchester over the weekend. Boston police said they received a call shortly after midnight on Saturday for a report of an armed robbery at a 7-Eleven at 187 East Cottage St. in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood.

Police said they do not believe that a series of shootings that happened over the course of a violent weekend in Boston are connected, but residents remain concerned after five people were killed in shootings across the city. The shootings happened in Mattapan, Roxbury and Dorchester. The violence began early Friday when a man believed to be in his mid-20s...

It was a violent weekend in Boston, with five dead after shootings in the neighborhoods of Mattapan, Roxbury and Dorchester. Investigators say none of the shootings appear to be connected but each one is troubling for the city.

One man has died and another has been arrested after a shooting in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood Saturday night. According to the victim’s sisters, the man who was killed was Jose Luis Phinn Williams, 67, of Dorchester, Massachusetts. They say he would have been 68-years-old Monday. This was the second time he was attacked at the gas station, the sisters said....